DHAKA: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Monday announced that it has constituted an investigation team to probe the recent murder of a scrap trader in Old Dhaka after allegations of involvement of party leaders and workers in the gruesome act.
The party claimed that the killing could be "politically exploited" to destabilise the upcoming election atmosphere, local media reported.
Addressing a press conference at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office, the party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleged that the murder is a deliberate attempt to "create unrest" in the country and to pursue evil political agendas.